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Eton dog of war to help bag poachers

SIMON MANN, the former SAS officer and coup-plotter, is planning to return to
Africa to lend his mercenary expertise to help save the elephant.

The Old Etonian adventurer, who spent five years in African jails after he was
caught leading the “Wonga Coup” attempt to topple the head of Equatorial
Guinea, has been in talks with charity executives about plans to set up a
consultancy to target ivory poachers. An increase in attacks has left the
African elephant facing its greatest crisis in decades.

“This is a big project for me,” he said. “It’s a sort of mini-war for a very
good cause. African big game wildlife is something that I’ve loved and been
quite close to all my life. I’ve spent a lot of time in Africa and so I know
the bush, the animals and the people who live close to the animals. That is
something that is